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Recipes from PLACE cooking demonstrations at the Athens Farmers Market on May 12th, 2012:

Rosemary Buttermilk Cornmeal Pancakes
Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup Mills Farm yellow cornmeal
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh local rosemary
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 cups Johnson Dairy buttermilk
  • 2 large local eggs
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled
  • vegetable oil, butter or pan spray

Instructions:

  1. Sift first 7 ingredients into large bowl. Whisk buttermilk, eggs and melted butter in medium bowl to blend. Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and whisk until blended and smooth.
  2. Lightly coat bottom of heavy large skillet with oil, butter or pan spray. Heat over medium heat. Working in batches, pour 1/4 cup batter into skillet for each pancake. Cook until bottoms are golden, about 1 1/2 minutes. Turn pancakes and cook until second sides are golden, about 1 minute. Repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil to skillet as necessary.

Toasted Pecan Compound Butter
Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup local pecans, halved
  • 1 lb unsalted butter, softened

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Place pecan halves on a cooking tray and cook until toasted, approximately five to eight minutes. Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature.
  3. Chop cooled pecans.
  4. Place pecans and butter in a mixer and blend for three to five minutes using a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl, as needed.
  5. Place in serving dish or bowl and refrigerate until ready for use.


Orange Honey Syrup
Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup unpasteurized pure local honey
  • Juice of one orange
  • 1 tsp. orange peel, finely grated

Instructions:

  1. Mix all in a small sauce pan.  
  2. Warm over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
  3. Serve warm over pancakes

 

Down the Road:
  • May 26th-28th: 5th Annual Athens Tour de Farm
  • July 14th-28th: 5th Annual Taste Your Place: Includes Taste Your Pie on Saturday, July 21st abd Taste Your Tapas on Thursday, July 26th. 

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PLACE is an Athens-based non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a strong, accessible local food culture in Athens. We accomplish this mission by (1) creating celebratory experiences; (2) incubating and facilitating projects and programs; (3) developing educational and outreach opportunities; (4) addressing food access through food policy; and (5) general outreach to various community stakeholders to create, maintain, and strengthen mutually beneficial relationships that build a strong local food culture.

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